The Sun. — London, England, 1838-05-02 00:00:00

PRICES Or UANALS, Dt --- 3EKTI ---- STOCKS ASSURANCE COMPANIESAc. &c. Pic. ' LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 1. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. 1,766 7 pct cent. Ashton and Oldham....AttrtPaid. Share ge 971. lt.a. s h. 1 34 tgr 1.082 41. Aby.de-le-Zouch o 8a5in....................verage 1 it:. AI/. n gstoke .... ........ A 10 0 46 h.. 5 1,0005 1-16 sh 51. 91 6s Brceknock and Abe rgavenny UM.. at. 703 8,00 . . Biruirigharn, I -10th sh a r e .... . .... 11. & 711. 220 .1.000 ..... .- Ditto and Liverpool 1000, ...1:301. so. 100 pd 8•14 600 : 31 . Bridgewater an d T aunton ....VOL sh. all pd 64* 400 41 Cheitner and Blackwater 1001. sh. 102 500 in. c)vvitry , poi. sh. 7i5 4.545 .... ..... Croy on - ........ Average 31/.23.10d. sh. 3 2,1 `ei , li 4... 0,, D,,di ey KW. sh. rs n. 4 i 1;, Derby 1001. sh 123 20.0;0 4 per cent. thinune and 31avne :3,573f 31, Ellesmere and Chester Iverage 1231. s. fl '2:A 44% Erewitah 1001. so, /00 „1, f.N. Virth ,td Clye.e Aver:ye ILICI.If.s. th. 5'40 -1, 2 9 7 lv . ()rand Junct'- It;0/. sh. 204 2,.;49# 11, Grand Ur'on lool. sb 23 I.sun ......... Grand„ urrey 4 000/. 41. i.er cent. Ditto ,o' Itional) Loan . 1091. 70 3,4.90 ....... G . r.'„nd - Western ' , ' ,l. oh. Alp( (00 13/.125. 6d. ';tamerganihire, Average cost 172/. 13s. id. 220 749 Ins. Grantham 150/. sh. 2, r 2 6,233 21. Os, Ihiddersfit Id kverage ni. Os. Od. sh. 27 10i) 100 sh. all pd. 10 2% v9 Q ';'"'"" Kenzington ‘,•'-' . ss. Kennet ,nd Avon, Average 391.186. liki.sh. 25/ 2,..971 2 44 Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 610 ;4:4 13/. Leicester l4Ol, sh. 225 1,897 61, 06. Leicester and Northampion...Aver s.w. lini. (17k 2.400 !or. Monmouthshire 10111.5 h, 201 IN) 10/, Melton Mowbray 1 001. °h. 200 500 25/. Mersey and Irwell lOOl. sh. 565 3,000 1/. 10s, Macclesfield 'C o/. sh. all NI. 52 217 171, Neat h 1001. sh. 325 1,7 , A 30/. Oxford 100/. sh. 630 2,10 f) 5/. Peak Forest ... A vert.ge about 78/. sh. 104 1,418 124. Regent's (or L. , :idon) Aver. 331. 16s. Ad. sh. ;6 5 .6 6 9 61, per cent. Ilocinlale Average 8: - .1. O. 111 500 81. Shropshive 1151. sh. 138 SOO 91. 10s. Some7set Coal 3, 4 100/. 41 per cent. Ditlo Lock - Fund Stock l'2l. 10s. sh. 111 700 40/. Staffbrd and Worcester l4O/. sh. 710 500 91, eirmsdatiry 12 . -il. sh. 280 30 N7 21. 0 3. 9/. Xtcurbridge .......... .............. 1 43 1. sh. 33005. Stratford_on- Avon ...Aver ag e 791 . 9s. kl. sh. 54) 533 la. Swansea 100/. sh. 250 3,762 I/, l's. Severn and Wve and Railway ...Ar 351. sh. 35 2 . 6 0 0 -13 h. 3.9:. Ins. Trent and Mersey, I s h are 1001. sh. 580 8 . 11 9 .... ..... Thames nil Medwa l y... Aver. 191.5 5 . Sd . s h . 2 1 idots.ht,..l 151 Warwick and Birmingham 1001. sh• 265 UV) 11.. Warwick and Napton lOOl. sh. 5,0x,0 04 , 0 4/.os. W orces t er and Birrni ngham...A v. 78/, 200 As. sh. 71if 255. Wilts an.. Berks .. Average 671. 10s. Ad. sh, 22 SOO 31, Wyrley and Essington 1251. sh 75 ~.ri Wisbeach lO5l. sh. 45 903 4., Wey and Armi llOl. sh, 112 i Ti ' ll°44 } Sp. c 1,065 sh 4 ,7 I. 6 per ct. East I n di a 3,238,3 OV, 50..p.ct. London Commercial DOCKS. ~.'OOl. sh. 56 Stock 112 - ..... ......................... Stock 58 i Ditto sonds 1, x,0001.4{1.38 p. ct. West India Stock 103 2,':.09 V. 19s. Bristol 08,324/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ..... .......... . 113 1,352,752 b per cent. St. Katharine Stock 119; 500 ,000 44 per oent. Ditt o B on d s ..... .......... ..., lOO 200.000 4 per cent. Dit to B onds for 10 years 1004 '2.500 ..... D eptford Pier °Ol. sh. 201. pd 11 BRIDGES. 1,600 IN. liammerrmiti...., ............ . ........ .....50/. sh. 22 7,231 ......... Southwark, Old b 1,70 0 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of 7i per cent. 5Ol. sh. 14 ,000 ..... .... Waterloo ..... 1001. sh. 3 5,000 lag. ad. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. 6O/. pd 19 5,000 161.. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 17} 110,0001. U. per cent. Ditto Bonds 5,818 17 s Vauxhall... .. .-. . t ... Average 704 10s. 3d. sh. 118 23 ASSURANCE COSIPANIES. 2,000 3/ irls Albion 15 T.- 5001. sh. 50/. pd 40 50,000 'P n e c r 7e,.°1 Alliance, B ritish & F ore i gn 1004 sh. 1041. pd 13 , 1 50,000 t W ii per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 51. pd ff 24,000 41. per eh. Atlas 1,20018 h. 51. Birmingham hire 20 ,000 41 percent. British Fire 2501. sh. 501. pd 41) 12,000 64 per cent, British Commercial 504 sk. 51. pd 6 5,000 5/, per cent, Cl er i cal, Medi . al, &c. Life, ICOI sh. 2110 s pd 4 4,000 21 IN County 100/. sh. 10/. pd 42 20,0% 5 per cent, ss. Eagle 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 51 ( . l -- - v t an d 39/ b. 3 Economic Lite lOOOl. sh. 2501. pd 375 2,271%0(X) 228 . percent. European Li., 'O4 sh. all pd 22 2s. Ditto, New 0 01. sh. 21. pd If 1.000,0001. 71. per ct. Gl o b e Stock 140 20,000 51. Guardian lOOl. sh. 2711 pd 35 40,000 6s. 6d. Hope 2,44)0 Al. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 500/ sh. 501. pd 127 7,500 9s. Imperial I..fe 100/. sh. 101. pd 101 13.458 a per cent. Indemnity Marine 1001. sh. 8/. pd 23 2,020 31 1011 Kent Fire 504 sh. all pd 82 34 Ditto Life. 10,000 les. L aw Life 100/. sh. 79 pd 251 5,00 U 10s. London, Firl 251. sh. 121. 10s. pd 10 3 , 90 0 10s. London, Ship • ,. • 251, sh. 12/. 10s. pd 16 1 . 000 ,0064 ... ..... Minerva Life 100/. sh. 30,000 a/. per cent, Palladium Lit... 50/. eh. 21. pd 218 s id 50,000 4/. per cent. Protestor Fire 'o4 sh. 24 pd 17s Od 2,500 1/. Provident Lite lOO/. sh. 104 pd 20 100,00201 5/ Q ss. Rock Life 201. sh. 1/, pd 64 6 4189. per cent. Royal Exch a n ge Stock.,. 225 ,000 5 percent, University Life lOO l. s h . 5 / . psi 51 50.000 4 per cent. United Kin' lom Life 2l. Pd JOINT STOCK BANKS 2 5,000 I percent. Agric and Comm. of Ireland 251. s h . 10/. pd 14 5,0410 ..... . Australasia 4O/. sh. 40/. pd 71 10,000 10 percent. Bank of Bil mingham al. sh. 10/. pd 13 10 ,000 IQ per cent.' Birmingham Bank ..... 501. sh. 51. pd 161 0,000 5 per cent. London and Westminster...loo/ sh. 201. pd 91: 3 , 0 00 4 per cent. Lancaster.... ............ ----lOU sh. 204 pd 50 25,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 10/. pd 23 50,000 71 per cent Manchester and Liverpool] 1001. sh. 151 pd 191 Discount 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester 1001. sh. 25/ pd 27 20 ,000 ......... Provincial Bank of Irel a nd 100/. s h . 2 5 / . pd 42 20,' 0 0 0 .. ...... N a ti onal Bank of Ireland ..,501. sh. 171/. pd 151 10 , 00 5 1 per cent. N a ti ona l P rovincial Eng. lOO4 sh. 351. pc! 35 0,00 0 ,000 le ........ , Gl oucesters hi re 5Ol. sh. 10/, pd 20 6 per cent. Hampshire 50/. sh. 5/. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2 ,500 1/ 5.3 6d Bath 2O/. sh. 161. pd 24 5,000 British l.Ol. sh. 16/. pd 211 5,000 151aZeW475tzl Ditto Provincial 20/. sh. 19 d 224 c2B 5110 s Birmingham 4,250 21 O s Bristol 2 50 0 4 sh. 98 INI' 1,500 a/ lO s Brighton . :. sh. 36 .20/. sh. It 4 750 31 lOs Ditto, New 20/ 2,471 q .sh 181. pi per cent. Bright on G eneral 2O/. sh. all pd 9 17 4,4100 41. C ont i nental Consolidated lOOl. 6211. pd 90 I,ono Hu. city of London .......... .......1001. sh. all Pd 196 1,000 6 !. Ditto, New 10,E 4/. 10s. E qu it a bl e 5Ol. pd 304 , 21 per cent. Imperial 8011 U. per cent. Isle of Thanet 251. sh. 201. pd 20 2,350 61. per cent. I ndependent .301 sh. all pd 49 9,000 31. per cent. Pheenix 5Ol. A. 391. 1,000 41. p er cent. Ratcliff 1004 pd 58 1, sh. 80/. pd 211 4,00 540 . ...... .. Smith Metropolitan 5Ol. sh. 19/. pd 17 200 per cent. United Gene ra l .50!. sh. 461. pd 291 240 51. per cent. Warw ick sol. sh. 50 400 M «. . per cent W ake fi eld 25/. sh. 221 111,0 0 8) 34 Westminster Chartered 511 sh. 10/. pd 91 WATER WORKS. SCO Yarmouth .20 . /. sh. 181, pd 9 4,800 Ps. Birmingham .251. sh. 251. pd 211 4, tn 4 6/. East London lOO4 eh. 160 5,500 21 lOs Brand Junction ....Average 411 13s. 4d. sh. 5t 2,rvln 2/. Kent 100/. sh. 43 370 21 10.) 2 104 Liverpool Ilootle 2 201 . sh. 3,...6 1,50 Now River London Bridge Water Annuities 594 6,486 11 1.5 e Manchester and S a lf or d lOO/. sh. 54 1,0(10 4 per cent. South London 1001. sh. 87 8, 36 294 0 44 West Middlesex ....Averag e 631 . 12 s. 9d . sh. 941 1, 11 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 1001. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 1,300 ,•• IRON Birmingham and Derby 'AI. pd 27 9 ,500 .... ..... Birmi ng h am an d Gl oucester pd 9 7,500 ..... Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction 04 15,000 .......•. Bristol and Exeter 1004 sh. 10 pd 7 660 . ..... ... Calcutta and Saugur .50/. sh. V. pd 01 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western...lool. sh. 711 4 12, 3,00 Q .... ..... Cl arence lOOl. sh. 1004 pd 411; 1,0000 00 ... ...... Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. 21 pd 11 60,000 ......... Eastern Counties 2.5/. sh. 54 pri 44 Grand Junction 1001. eh. 954 p 1 181 .... ..... Great North of England 13/. pd 94 5,030 G reat Western 1001. sh. 65/. pd 93 2,000 Hartlepool 100/. sh. lON pd 100 1 8, 0 00 Hull and S e lb y 501. sh. 154 pd 12} 200 ,104) 31 per cent Leeds and Selhy... ..... ..... ....... ... . .... 100 sh. 4 1,500 11.58. Leicester anti Swann ington -.501, sh, all pd 75 5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lo(l.Bh. 1004 psi 1951 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 25/. pd 61 36,000 12,000 London and Blackwell 5Ol. sh. 31 pd 64 2'0,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 204 en. 204 pd 2/ 25,000 London awl Birmingham -.1004 sh. 904 pd 171 20,000 Ditto Quarter Sh ares 51. pd 3i London and Southampton ....50/. sh. 501. pd 46 I'7, Ditto ditto New _5l. psi 26 1,0 1 000 0 London and Croyd on T run k e l. sh. 20/. pd 174 12,04,0 Ditto Scrip 14/. sh. 51. pd 9 10 London Grand Junction.... 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 1: 0 , 0 Manchester and Birmingham...7el.sh. 71, pd 94 1 North Midland Northern and Eastern lOOl. sh. 251. pd 41 4 1004 sh. 81. pd 7 9 2,n0n Preston and Wyrc 501. sh. 30/. pd 36 004) South Eastern and Dover 7l. pd 6 1, 0 00 191. per cent. Stockton and Darlingtnn lOO/. sh. 240 14,01)0 Thames Haven 50/. sh 21. 10s. pd II 1, , 1n0 Westminster and Greenwich 50/. sh. 21. pd 01 6,000 York and North Midland ...50 . sh. 121, pd 12 MINES, 8 , 00 0 Albion Copp er 5l. sh. 311. pd 12 4,0)9 11 ss. Alten 151. sh. 121.108 pd 121 10 ,' 1 -s) ... ..... Anglo Mexican, iss. 51. pm.... 1004 sh, all pd 34 Ditto Subscription n 5/. a 4 2,000 101. B o l anos i 150/. sh all p d 50 10,000 11. 10s Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm 85/. sin 201 pd u 1 6,0. o ... ...... Macaubas & Cocaes United 251. sin 2.4. d 7 p 11,000 Di t t o St. John Del Rey... ..... .204 sh. 9/ pd 51 10,0.0 Molly:1r Copper Company 901 . s h . 20 1. pd 5 10, , ;-4.4) „.„...„ Ditto Scrip 10/. sh. 10/. pd 3 gn,es,o•British Iron 501. sh. 501 pd ' 141 6,000 British Copper 5/. sh. 41/. pd 14 Cate Branca 614 pd 11 pi Cainion ga 741. pd 7 ,noo 11 Co is ti po 201. sh 1211 pd 64 B,t,f 0 „. Columbian, iss. 51. pm. 20,1• 0 i General Mlning Agsoci ation...2lll. sh. if 15/. pd 8 6,1 -; ~ ...... ... Mexienn Company 1001. sh. 5514 pit 2 1,i4,.; Polbtrou Consols. 'O4 sh. 81. pd 54 11,50' 1 lal del Monte, Unregistered 134 Ditto Loan Notes l5Ol. pd 180 80,0 4 9 ...... ~, United M ex ican, iss. 2 pm. ....401. sh. all pd 24 DIU,. Scrip .a 4 Ditto New Scrip 5l pd 31 West Cork .50/. sh. 501. pd 38 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 ......... London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh. 201 1,:',00 ••....... London University 100/. sh, all pd 214 ;00 ......... Russell 2.5 gs sh 74 King' College lOC/ . p d 2 6 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 15s. Australian Agrieultural....loo4 sh 2614 pd 45 6 ,0 0 0 41. per cent. British American Land Company 2:14 pd 12 10,000 61 per cent. Canada Co:n t iany 1004 sh. 281. pd 304 1100 ,000 Si. per cent. Upper Canada Loan 96 City Bonds, 4 per cent lOO4 15,000 11. as. Ge nera l St eam N avigation ...154:11. 131. pd 22/ IN. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 0,000 11. London Corn. Sale Rooms Av, 75/. sh. 19 8,000 New Brunswick Land Compacay 431. pd 10 4,754 Si. per cent. Reversionary Interest 50c...1(1)/. sh. 1001. pd 133 2.0.33 Si. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 701. 'xi 90 1,000 ' T hames Tunnel .501. sh, all pd 6 10,000 Os. Van Die.ner.'s Land ..... .......1001. sh. 174 pd 114 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, MARCH 24, 1838. BANKS. ---- 7,50 0 ,191/. U. p. et. Bank of Scotland ......934 6s. Ad. sh. all pd 192/. 9,9^ 0 .".Y./. :5i p. ct. Royal of Scotland 1001. sh. all pd :1410/, 500,10 n/. ap. ct. Briti s h Li nen Company lOW. sh. all pd 2361. 3,000,0061. 61. p. ct. Commercial .5001. sh. 1001. pd 180/. 3. Ko),oues. .-, n. ct. N ational .lOO/. sh. 1 0 ?. pd H3l/. 1.000,0001. 61. p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 50/. pd 71/. 4,000.0604 4p. ct. Western of Scotland ......2001. sh 301. pd 4°l. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 5151.0005 h B# p. M. Scottish Union w 2O/. sh. 1/. pd 28a 7.3011 8! p. M. Hercules , lOOl. :h. 101. pd 1 31 15s. 101',000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....101. :h. all pd Si 53 50,000 6p. ct. North British 2001. ,h. 10/. pd 161. 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 1001. sh. 101. pd 1910 s 5,000 lip. ct. Edinburgh Life 1001. sh. 10/. pd 1 41 18s 100 . 0 00 31 p. ct. West of Scotland lO/. pd it Os MISCELLANEO US. 4,810 Edit]. and (Ibis. Un. Cana1...50/. sh. all pd 221. 9411. sh. all pd 651. Ditto Allocated 5,400 5 per cent. &hub. Joint Steck Water.. . 25/. sh. all pd ?,64, Carron Iron Company 2501. sh. all pd 44L 11,000 sh 15 per cant. Shotta Iron Foundery. SOI. sh 38/. pd 45/, 10,000 3 per c ent . Edinburgh & Leith Gl . as . 8 201. sh. 164 P d 81 ' 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 251. sli. all pd 661. 4,450 10 per cent. (:lav e ow Gas 25/. sh. all pd /31/. 73i) 74 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 204 sh. all pd 45/. 1,e..6 .... ..... Edinburgh and Dalkeith Raj '.way..504 sh 344 rvi cyst. Forite4bie Loan Com may n,'161. ab. W. pd 1C4.? IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF Loi?DS, Earl STANHOPE presented petitions from numerous places in the county of Kent against the Poor Law Amendment Act. The Noble Lord read a letter from a Clergyman in a parish in West Kent, confirming the statements of the petitioners as to the unhappy working of the Bill, and denying the statements of a petition re cently presented to their Lordships from the Chairman and Deputy_ Chairman and Magistrates of that division of the county. The writer stated several instances of suffering, and even increased mortality in the union workhouses, under the severe operation of the Act. The clergymen in his neighbourhood all concurred with him, ir condemn ing the harsh and unchristian working of the Act. whey were unlike a Right Rev. Prelate.—(A laugh.) Earl HA RDWICKE asked—Was it the intention of the Noble Earl to refer the petition to the Poor-laws Committee ? Earl STANHOPE was understood to reply in the affirmative. Viscount SIDNEY said that the petition presented by him from the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the West Kent Union, did not pro fess to be the petition of the Guardians. Earl STANHOPE said that in the event of a Committee being appointed to enquire into the working of the Poor-law Amendment Act, he would produce before it, as a witness, the clergyman' whose letter he had read, and who would prove more cases of the cruel, unconstitutional, and unchristian working of the Act than the House could get through in a Session.—(A laugh.) One of these was that of a man who killed himself in consequence of the treatment he suffered in the workhouse. A coroner's jury brought in a verdict of temporary insanity, but it ought to have been wilful murder against the oppressors of the poor, who drove the man insane.—(Laughter.) Another case was that of a young woman, who was flogged like a soldier.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped that the Committee would inquire into all these facts, and that the Poor-Law Commissioners would assist the inquiry. Voluminous as the motion was, it ought to have included many other inquiries, and especially those which had become the subjects of public notoriety. He moved that the letter of Thomas Smith Barnes be re ferred to the Committee. Lord WIIARNCLIFFE, in moving for the appointment of the Committee to inquire into this subject—the operation of the New Poor-law—said that his only object was that a full enquiry should take place respecting the truth or falsehood of all stories that have been propagated relative to the New Poor-law Bill. He believed the result of the inquiry would be to dissipate a great many of the prejudices that have been created against the Act. The Committee was then appointed. On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, the Custody of nsane Persons (Ireland) Bill was read a second time. POOR LAW AMENDMENT BILL. Lord WYNFORD, on rising to move for leave to bring In a Bill to amend the Poor-laws, said, that if any measure was brought forward for the total repeal of those laws, he should feel it his duty to oppose it. One of the main provisions in the Bill which he had to submit to their Lordships, was a clause to prevent the Guardians from refusing to afford relief except in the workhouse. He proposed that the poor man, on applying for relief, should be offered work in the first instance, and if he refused that work, then that he should be taken up as a vagrant, and, after a legal trial, sent to the House of Correction for three months. But if no work could be provided for him, then that he should not be obliged to go into the workhouse in order to obtain relief. The Noble and Learned Lord next proceeded to particularise various cases of hard. ship which had taken place under the present system, and which his Bill was intended to remedy. He protested against the revolting prin ciple of separating the husband from the wife, and parents from their children. With respect to the bastardy clauses, though he would not restore the old law, yet he would remedy, as far as possible, the gross abuses which existed under the new system. What he would propose was, that a woman who had reason to believe that she was to give birth to an illegitimate child, should go before three Magistrates, and there swear, to the best of her belief, who the man was that was the father of that child, and that he should be made to contribute to its support. He would leave this child in the care of the mother for one year, and afterwards place it in the workhouse, unless the parents gave security to the Guardians that they would undertake to support it. Another alteration of the law would be this, that in order not to render workhouses places of punishment, every union should, at its own expense, find beer forall old, feeble, and infirm persons. Another p int was the establishment of sonic ward in which those who laboured under an infectious disease should be separated from the others. He knew that that was the case in his Noble Friend's (the Duke of Rich.. mond's) workhouse, but in many workhouses there was no such ward. He was aware that there was a statute in the reign of George 111., which enabled magistrates to report to the Sessions, and the Sessions on that report could order a proper house for the infected persons ; but he was not quite sure that that statute had not virtually been repealed. He had drawn a clause upon the subject, which might, however, be de ferred, if the Act should not be in existence. Another objection to the present law was, that if a man applied for parish relief, his property was taken from him. He (Lord W.) thought that part of the pauper's property should be applied to his maintenance, and that after his death the bulk should be restored to the persons who were his representatives. He was not prepared with any clause at present, but should offer it in a future stage of the Bill. He should move the second reading of the Bill at some distant day, in order that any further suggestions of that sort might be made, and he should be most happy to adopt every amend ment that would in any way tend to ameliorate the condition of thepoor. The Bill was then brought in, and read a first time. The Earl of HARDWICKE asked whether it was the Noble Lord's intention to introduce into the Bill a clause to compel the letting of lands in a parish to the Board of Guardians ? Lord WYNFORD said certainly not. The Bill was then ordered to be read a second time on Monday week, and their Lordships adjourned. ROUSE OF COMMONS, fifer I. The gallery was not opened to-day till half-past four o'clock, in con sequence of there being three Ballots appointed for Election Committees. None of the Ballots were etrective. Previous to the gallery being opened, we understood that the Clerk of the Crown attended and amended the return for Stirlingshire, and Col. Abercrombie took the oaths and his seat. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY BILL. Mr. GILLON presented a petition from the merchants and bankers of Leith, in favour of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill. Mr. ELLIOT presented a petition from the Magistrates and Town Council of Roxburgh to the same effect. Sir C. ADAM presented a petition from Clackmannan to the same effect. Mr. HUME presented a similar petition from the merchants, manu. facturers, and other inhabitants of Dunbar. The ATTORNEY.GENERAL presented a petition also in favour of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill, signed by 8,300 inhabitants of Edinburgh. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. Lord A. PAGET presented a petition from a place in Lancashire, against the Grand Junction Railway Bill. An Hom. MEMBER presented a similar petition from Warrington. Lord A. PAGET presented petitions from Methodist congregations in Carnarvon and Anglesea, praying for the immediate abolition of the system of Negro apprenticeship. Similar petitions were presented by Sir 11. Parnell, from Dundee; Mr. James, from three parishes in Cum_ berland ; and Mr. A. White, from a Methodist congregation in the county of Durham. Mr. J. W. HOPE presented a petition from Cupar in Fife, praying for a reduction in the rates of postage. Mr. FLEMING presented a petition from Westbury, praying that all money arising from ecclesiastical property be applied to spiritual pur. poses. Mr. LOWTHER presented a petition from the Medical Practitioners of York, praying that no person be allowed to practise medicine or per form surgical operations without receiving a proper education. Mr. ROBERT STEUAR r presented a petition praying for a re duction of postage. Mr. COLLIER presented a petition from a dissenting congregation in Plymouth, praying for the immediate abolition of slavery. Mr. DENNISTOUN presented a petition, signed by 11,000 !oho bitants of Glasgow, against the junction of the two Glasgow Water Companies. VENTILATING AND LIGHTING OF THE HOUSE. Sir F. TRENCH postponed his motion respecting the •entilating and lighting of the Mouse tin Monday next, when Dr. Reed would be in town. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the Order of the Day for the Hither consideration of the Report on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail lre7 The Lone C H Afftfliost took his seaten the Woolsack at Fite &Clock. The 7'.'ttinouth Floating Bridge Bill wa; read a second time. A Conversation then took place between the Earl of Malmesbuty, the Earl of Shaftesbury, and the Duke of Richmond, relative to the Mode of conducting business in Committees on ptiVate Lotid KENYON presenter; a petition from ShrewSbury, paying their Lordships to inquire into the nature of the instruttion to students at Maynooth HUSH POOR-LAW BILL, A Message from the Commons, by Lord JOHN RVSSELL and others, brought up the Irish Poor-law Bill, Lord MELBOURNE moved that the Bill be read a first time, and elt' e , gested that the second reading should be fixed for Friday, the 11 th. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE thought it would be wise to adjourn the question of the Poor-Law until they saw what the House of Commons did with regard to the Irish Tithes, because they ought to know what burthen was proposed to be thrown on the land by tithes, before they decid,d what burthen should be thrown on the land . in the shape of Poor Laws. The Earl of LIMERICK presented a petition from the Grand Jury of Limerick, which stated that the Irish Poor_law Bill would be ruinous to Ireland ; and he himself believed it would cause a separation of the two countries. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said the principle of the Bill was derogatory to the interests of the country. The Radical and Catholic party in Ireland united with the Protestant and the Conservative party in opposing the Bill. He hoped the Noble Viscount would postpone the second reading to a more distant period, and he should certainly take the sense of the House against the principle of the measure on its second reading. The Bill was altogether different to the English Poor Law Bill. The Dukeof WELLINGTON trusted the Noble Viscount would post pone the second reading till the Monday or Tuesday following the day he had named, so as to give every Peer connected with Ireland an opportunity of fully discussing it. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE was decidedly opposed to the Bill passing in its present shape. After a few words from Lord Lvsnuttasr and Lord GLENG ALL, Lord MELBOUBNE said he was very desirous that the Bill should have the most impartial consideration and discussion. At the same time, he must say there was something inconsistent in the observations that had been made this evening. Last year the ground for postponing the Municipal Corporation Bill was that the Irish Poor_law Bill had not been presented to their Lordships, and now that the Irish Poor-law Bill was presented to them, it was suggested that that Bill should be postponed until the other arrived. He, however, had no objection, if it would be more convenient to some Noble Lords, to fix the second reading for Monday, the 14th May. The Bill was then read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday, the 14th. 'THE CORONATION. In answer to a question from the Marquis of LONDONDERRY, Lord MELBOURNE said the procession would be precisely similar to that which took place on the Coronation of William the Fourth, and would be from the Palace to the Abbey. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY—And am I then distinctly to understand there will be no banquet ? Lord MELBOURNE--No, none.—(Great laughter.) LIEUTENANCY OF MEATH. The Marquis of LANSDO WNE laid on the table copies of correspon. dente that had taken place between the Chief Secretary of Ireland and the Marquis of Westmeath, relative to the removal of Sir Richard Nagle from the Lieutenancy of Meath. PENITENTIARY. The Earl of RADNOR said the Noble and Learned Lord opposite, whom he saw in his place, had given notice that he would call the atten. Lion of their Lordships to the treatment of persons confined in the Peni tentiary. He wished to ask that Noble and Learned Lord, whether he could fix the time at which he would make the motion, and what was the nature of it ? Lord LYNDHURST understood there was a Committee of the other House then sitting upon that subject, and he intended to postpone any remarks he had to make upon it until the Report of that Committee was made. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE—Do I understand that the Noble and Learned Lord does not mean to make a motion criminatory of any pub.. lic officer ? Lord LYNDHURST—CertainIy not, nor did I ever intend to do so. POOR-LAWS. THE stiN,LoNDoN i WEDNEgDAY, MAY 2, IB3P. *I4IA It IllitYLL, in opOsing the motion, was ready to admit thii a great nnmber of petition* had been presented in favour of the Bib, and those petitions were undonbiedly signed by many respectable persons Who ; he had no doubt, Were convinced Oat the Bill sbdiilct be a useful hienSure ; but yet there tvei-e connected With it, in 'eorisqlteliOe of which he felt bound to oppose it. When the Bitt Was submitted to the Standing Orders Committed, it kesS quite clear that the Standing Orders had not been complied with, but the Committee consented that the Bill might go to the House on a certain condition—namely, that a certain sum should be paid upon account of the concern ; of course meaning that it should be paid by the parties themselves. The sum fixed was ten per cent. on the capital sub- Scribed.--( Hear.) Now, in all measures of this kind, if they do nut .pay up the per ciutage, the Bill ought not to proceed, and in this parti cular case, which certainly had something of a fraudulent appearance, ' the Committee greatly erred in reporting that the Standing Orders had been complied with.—( Hear, hear, hear.) As he was informed, the eighty thousand pounds of Exchequer Bills which had been deposited lad been advanced by a London banker—that was clearly not such a deposit by the subscribers as was required by the Standing Orders. Ile had stated the facts as they were represented to him—if he were rightly informed then, lie trusted the House would agree with him that the Bill ought not to be proceeded with. He trusted that the Learned Attorney General, considering his situation as law officer of the Crown, aid also the other Honourable Gentlemen who held official situations, would give the weight of those situations to the upholding of the Standing Orders of that House. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL believed the Hon. Bart. was acting from the most pure motives, and that when he had heard the explanation which he (the Attorney-General) had to give, the promoters of the Bill would secure his vote. Ile could assure the Hon. Baronet that no mea. sure of a local nature had ever excited half so much interest in Scot land. Petitions numerously and respectably signed had been presented from almost every part, and it would be mortifying if the parties were to be delayed upon purely technical grounds. The Bill was introduced last Session, and passed its third reading by a large majority. It was sent up to the house of Lords, but, like many others, it fell to the ground, in consequence of the melancholy event which put a period to the Session. In the meantime the Standing Orders relati ve to this class of Bills hart been amended, on the motion of the Right lion. the President of the Board of Trade; but the Stand ing Orders had been made to have a retrospective effect, which was rather severe; and he (the Attorney-General) had therefore recommended, that they should not be enforced—he made an appeal to the House for an exception in regard to the Stenci ls:sr Orders in favour of the BIL The promoters of the Bill had presented a petition. It was referred to the Sub-Committee ; th e Sub-Committee reported, as they were bound to do, that the Standing Orders had not been complied with ; that ten per cent, had not been deposited on the amount of the capital ; there was a reference to the Select Committee upon Standing Orders ; which Committee was vested with a discretionary power, either to recommend that the Standing Orders should not be enforced, or that they should be modified. It was stated that it was impossible the Standing Order, could be complied with, because by the constitution of the Company they could neither have a fresh call nor a deposit, and the Standing Orders Committee made this recommendation, " that the Edinburgh and Glass gow Railway parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill upon proving a deposit of 10 per cent. upon the capital."—(" Hear, hear," from Sir E. Knatchbull). He (the Attorney-General) could explain the meaning of those words. Undoubtedly the strict construction of the Standing Orders was, that the subscription should be paid up by the shareholders. The Standing Orders provided Ist., that the subscription should be paid up, and 2ndly., that it should be deposited. Now the Standing Orders Com mittee dispensed with the paying up, and only required the depositing, for the purpose of demonstrating that it was a bona fide undertaking. They, therefore, did not require that there should be a rigid compliance with the Standing Orders, for it would have been a mockery to have done so, when the Committee were told that the Standing Orders would not be complied with. All, therefore, the Committee required was, that the deposit should be paid. That was done. The Directors deposited 80,0001. in the Bank of England, where it now re mained. Upon the evidence given before the Committee, they reported that 10 per cent. had been deposited, agreeably to the Standing Orders. The Committee were unanimous in favour of the Bill, and such being the case, he would ask whether it was to be defeated by a strained construction of the Standing Orders ? He apprehended that no evil consequence would result by the passing of the Bill. Ile (the Attorney-General) would venture to say that there never was a measure of the same sort undertaken by persons of greater respects. bility. They had raised a sum of 80,0001., and they could have raised soo,poor., if necessary.—(Hear, hear.) Great expense had been gone to, and it would be a cruel hardship on those persons if the Bill were not allowed to proceed. He hoped the Hon. Baronet would withdraw his opposition. CoL CONOLLY was present in the Committee on the Standing Orders when it was agreed that there should be a relaxation of the Orders in favour of the Bill. The question now was, did the 80,0001. come bona fide from the parties in the concern. He had gone down to the Committee favourably disposed to the measure, but he could not help coming to the same conclusion with the Hon. Member for Kent that the 80,000/. would not be available to the undertaking, and he felt it his duty to oppose the Bill. Lord EBRINGTON had been Chairman of the Standing Orders Committee when the relaxation in this case was permitted; and he was then convinced that it was not possible, under the circumstances, to raise the eighty thousand pounds from the parties, as it was shown to the Committee that a meeting could nut be called ; but it was for the House, and not for him, to say whether the mode in which the money had been advanced could be considered in accordance with the Standing Orders. Mr. PRAED would ask the Noble Lord, the Chairman of the Standing Orders Committee, what was the meaning of the Order of that Committee ? Did they mean that any sum, amounting to tee per cent., coming from a quarter different from the subscribers—that the eighty thousand pounds being paid in in Exchequer Bills under a contract, that the same bills should be returned immediately on the passing or withdrawal of the Bill—was that at all analagous to the money being actually paid by the subscribers ? It was asked what harm the passing of the Bill would occasion. In a morning paper, dated 30th March, shortly after the decision of the Standing Orders Committee, there appeared an adver tisement offering to all solicitors or agents for railway or private Bills, the advance of the deposit of ten per cent.—(Hear, hear)—which was re quired by the House. Such was the sort of speculation that would be raised if the House then recognised the principle. Mr. WARBURTON said if the Bill were to be decided upon the merits of the undertaking, no Member could be more solicitous for the passing of the Bill than himself; for he thought a railway between Glasgow and Edinburgh would be very advantageous to the public.—(Hear, hear.) But that was net the, question. The question was, whether the Standing Orders had been bona fide complied with.—(Hear.) Now, what were the evils against which those Standing Orders were intended to guard ? Why, that men of straw, for es., or IN. 6d. a piece, were in the habit of putting their names to the subscription lists, for shares to the amount of thou_ sands, a certain per centage on which was paid by the parties interested, in order that the Standing Orders might appear to be complied with, Now the Standing Orders required that the per centage should be paid up by the shareholders themselves, which would be an effectual preventing of this putting up of men of straw as shareholders--(Hear, hear.) The Learned Attorney-General argued that the Standing Order Com mittee intended to dispense with the paying up, and only required the depositing, but it was a question for this House to decide whether the Standing Orders should be so relaxed as to dispense with the paying up by the subscribers. Either the Standing Orders ought to be altogether dispensed with, or they ought to be maintained. If they were not ad. hered to, we should have a repetition of those gambling transactions which formerly took place in these Companies.—(Hear, hear.) H e thought that it was better this Company should be dissolved, and that another should be formed, to proceed in the regular way. Mr. GILLON rose amid loud cries of " Divide." He thought the House ought not to strain the Standing Orders for the purpose of throw_ ing out this Bill. For his own part he felt no hesitation in saying that in the present case the Standing Orders had been complied with. Sir E. KNATCHBULL contended that the Standing Orders had not been complied with. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL ssid that 10 per cent. having been paid, the Standing Orders had been most effectually complied with. Mr. P: THOMSON could not allow the House to go to a division without making a few observations. He could not see that the Stand ing Orders had been complied with. If the House held that they had, there would be an end of all usefulness from the Standing Order in ques_ tion.—(Cheers.) The intention of that Order distinctly was, that 10 per cent. should be advanced bona fide by the subscribers,—(Cheers.) With all due deference to the Standing Orders Committee, he thought they had not taken the proper course; he would have teen disposed to have sent the parties before the House, its order to see whether, under the peculiar circumstances of the case, the House would have been disposed to have put aside the Standing Orders, as it was an er post facto operation of the law, and that if the Bill was lost, according to the deed of partnership, the Company must be dissolved. Under these circumstances he would have some difficulty in voting against the Bill. He would therefore suggest a proposition of his own. He would suggest that the Bill should he adjourned for a short time—that the Bills should be fresh deposited upon a contract that they should not be taken out until there had been an actual call . paid tip of ten per, cent. upon the capital of the Company. . The .ATTORNEY-GENERAL was not then prepared to accede to such a proposition. He had no doubt however that the parties would agree to it ; and he would therefore move that the debate be adjourned till Thursday next. Mr. HUME said that the parties were willing to allow the 80,0001. to remain in the bank till the whole ten per cent. was paid up.—(Cries of " Divide, divide.") After a short conversation across the table between the Attorney_ General, Lord G. Somerset, and Sir E. Knatchbull, the further consi. deration of the Report was adjourned till Thursday next. WOODSTOCK—NEW WRIT. On the motion of Sir T. FREMANTLE, a new writ was ordered to be issued for the borough of Woodstock, in the room of Mr. Peyton, who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. ' ELECTION COMMITTEES. Mr. F. KELLY asked when Mr. O'Connell would bring forward his motion l ns? ,up m esuperseded Idop r eo, e cd s o s t c c , A t N i B n iEi L c (); t hos r aN oo(i {bin. :A t o e d orLd. c e Ei e )i c Fas t hhß i 0 0 . Bt therefore E e f o g r a le r s d sL i , spEgp support tF i s that s s t r i b A j e ßN c i t i. I h . a d OM In answer to a question from Lord SANDON, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was not the in tention of the Government to allow ale, brewed in the Isle of Man, to be imported from that island into this country free of duty. THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND, Mr. HUME then rose for the purpose o f moving for leave to bring in a Bill to suspend the payment of the an nuity of 6,000/. granted by the 46 of Geo. 3, chap. 145, and the 47 tleo. 3, c h ap, 39 ; u of 15,000/., granted by the Ist Geo. 4, chap 0 Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, n ow 103 to annuity of King of Hanover, so long as his Royal Highness should continue King of Hanover. He was quite aware that a measure like the present ought to come from the Government; but us they seemed neglectfulfof their duty with respect to the late Duke of York bring oi o n untry did. It was only forward. expenditure It of the h lwb e i tehec onhuinhi s , r y hl , oet h f e t:l f t e o l n t pop boundodsoeubt t grants o the b present subject and the Duke of Clarence ; and although in that opposition the House did not go along necessary to say, that in the present year the Civil List was 60,0001. more than it had been in the late reign; and it therefore became the duty of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to see what reductions might be made in respect to grants made to members of the Royal Family. Every one must be aware that these grants were made for the purpose of supporting them in comfort and dignity. The message of King George 111. to the Commons in 1772, was to request them " to make a compe tent provision for the younger branches of the R oya l Family," and in consequence of that a sum of 60,000/. was Voted to he divided amongst the six sons then Using. Mr. Fox, in 1777, observed that it had always been the policy of the country to make such provision for the dif ferent branches of the Royal Family, In order to render them independent of the Ministers, whilst it bound them by interest and sentiment to protect that Constitution under which they e, s A JGYed their in comes. Now he (Mr. Hume) quite concurred in the principle laid down by Mr. Fox. He thought the different branches of the Royal Family should have an adequate income, in order to render them independent of the Minister, and to ensure their attachment to the Constitution. It was because he believed that the Duke of Cumberland, now King of Hanover, was no longer in a position to perform the latter part of the understanding that he was anxious to submit his motion to the House. By the financial accounts of last year, it appeared that 2 1,0001. were paid to the King of Hanover, besides a sum of 2,000/. or 3,0001. to his son, on which latter amount he did not desire to state anything. In bringing forward this motion he did not wish to make a single observe.' lion, however much he might differ in politoicnael oofpitnhieonnforyoami Family i K ly in o g f of Hanover, which should be offensive. He wish e d hi s remarks to be directed purely to the King of Hanover, as this country. Now he objected to the King of Hanover receiving an annuity of 13,0001., Drat, because that Sovereign was not in A situation to observe the conditions upon which It seas grrinted. He was in such a position that he might be placed in hostility against the very government which allovicil this annuity. The King of Hanover was a inembk4 of the ftCrrriih Dlit ; lie hid joint in those corn_ mercial restrictions wineti had bi the VerriraiiStates If any circumstances should hereafter arise which should (ding- the diet to declare war against England, the King of Hanover would he bound immeliately to Ect and join in the war, and to furnish his contin gent of men and munition. There were no circumstances which could occur which would not adm:t of Parliament dealing with this annuity in the way he proposed. If the King of Hanover should become King of England, even then this country would not continue this allowance, because a new arrangement altogether must be male. The King of Hanover had become an independent potentate, and could no longer hold fealty to the Queen of England. His situation was changed, and with that change the payment of the money ought to be suspended. Having dwelt on the character of the annuities whin hilt been grant,l, the Hon. Gentleman observed that he thought these grants were of a dif ferent nature from that which was made to Prince Leopold,afterwardsKlng of Belgium. The latter grant was placed on a stronger footing. The grant was made, not with reference to any change of situation, but secured to the Prince during the term of his natural life, if he should survive the Princess. But his Majesty the King of Belgium had rendered it unnecessary that any measures should be taken with regard to him. He did not propose to take the annuity away, but to suspend it whilst the Duke of Cumberland should continue King of Hanover. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving for leave to bring in a Bill to suspend the payment of the annuity of 6,0001., granted by 46 Gco. 111., c. 145, and 47 Geo. 111. c. 39; and of the annuity of 15,0001„ granted by 1 Gco. IV. c. 108, to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, now King of Hanover, so long as his Royal Highness shall continue to be King of Hanover. The motion having been put, and seconded by Mr. WARBURTON, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said—The Hon. Gen_ tleman had with great good taste brought forward his case without al luding to any topics of a political nature. The whole of the Hon. Gen tleman's argument amounted to this—that either there was a construe. lion fairly to be given to the Act of Parliament which secured to his Majesty the King of Hanover this annuity of 21,0001, which would fairly warrant them in depriving his Majesty of his income, or else, that there being no such power to make such construction of the Act than that the Legislature (which he admitted to be supreme) should put a new construction upon its own Act for the purpose of depriving the King of Hanover of that income which had been fixed upon him for life. He knew that the Act of Parliament gave the annuity without attaching to it any conditions; it was not for Parliament afterwards to affix conditions to its own former proceeding. Was there any ambi guity as to the intentions of the legislature at the time they were parties to the granting these annuities absolutely during the life of the King of Hanover P There was no intention that he could collect from the terms of this grant to circumscribe it, as had been contended by his Hon. Friend. He had examined the vote, as well as the Act of Par liament, and saw not the slightest reason to infer that any condition even had ever been annexed to the grant. Upon general grounds he must object to an attempt on the part of the public to resume such a grant as this, because if they once began it was impossible to tell where they might stop, or, rather, how far it might not go; for there was posi tively no ground of argument in favour of this resumption that was not capable of being urged with equal force for the resumption of any grant made by Parliament in favour of any other branch of the Royal Family, or of any pensioned individual. The case of his Majesty of Hanover was even stronger than he had yet stated it ; for it was impossible that Parliament should not, at the time of making the grant, have in its contemplation the possibility of the Duke of Cumberland as. rending the throne of Hanover from the nature of the tenure of the electorate, and subsequently the kingdom. Surely, then, if Parliament had intended that the grant should only enure to the benefit of the do nee whilst he was and continued to be the Duke of Cumberland, it was perfectly competent to make such a limitation; but it had done no such thing. An allusion had been made to the case of the King of Belgium by his Honourable Friend as being in point in some respects. It was true a crown had fallen on the head of Prince Leopold and upon that of the Duke of Cumberland. His Honourable Friend remarked that the grant to Prince Leopold was a grant for life; yet the prince, on ascending the throne of Belgium, had, to his high ho. nour, given up the whole of the annuity, except so much as might be deemed fairly to the fixed charges to which his marriage with a princess, the heiress of the British throne, rendered it liable. The reservation of this part of the income redounded as much to his honour as the resignation of the whole residue to the service of the public.—(Hear.) Tbey were not now to be told in the"r places what was due by every country to the great principle of preserving inviolably its engagements, but he would say, that to no country on the face of the globe was it of so much importance that all its engagements should be characterised by stability than to a country distinguished amongst nations for its immense commerce and the very heavy national debt which it had incurred entirely upon the faith of the stability of its recorded engagements.—(Hear, hear.) With reference to the argu ments of his Hon. Friend, founded upon economy, he would assure him he was by no means deaf to any suggestion of an economical nature whenever it could be adopted with justice and propriety ; but he would assure him, at the same time, that nothing could induce him to sacri fice the just claims of individuals, whether of an exalted or humble sphere of life, for the purpose of obtaining au unenviable popularity ; nor was there any party in the country, or in that House, however strong or influential it might be, that he would not fearlessly oppose in defence of justice and right. For these reasons he felt he must oppose the motion of his Hon. Friend the Member for Kilkenny. Mr. WARBURTON observed that there was hardly any analogy between the grant made to the King of Belgium and that made to the King of Hanover. The former grant was made as a part of the mar riage settlement, arid with reference thereto, but the grant under dis. cession was made to the Duke of Cumberland, to support him in his station as a prince of the blood royal and a peer of Great Britain ; and the latter had a reference to an equivalent in the continuance of his services as counsellor of the throne, and in the continuance of his ser vices as a peer of Parliament. To overlook the reciprocity of the duty of the Peer, as somehow connected with the grant of the annuity to the Prince, he confessed he thought was ridiculous. Now in his Majesty's present station, it was clear neither of these duties could be performed by him. The Crown was deprived of his counsel as a Privy Councillor, nor could they have his vote, even by proxy through another peer of Parliament, in the other House. Mr. GOULI3URN conceived theme could be no doubt in any one's mind as to the intention of the Legislature in the case of the grant to the King of Hanover, as son of the reigning King of England. To put any other construction upon it than that put upon the grant by the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was contrary to common sense. There was no condition annexed to the grant. Mr. HUME, in reply, stated that nothing had fallen from the lips of the Right Hon. Gentleman, to change the view he had taken of the sub. ject. The King of Hanover had ceased to be a subjeet of the realm. He was not under allegiance. He had died a civil death.—(Laughter.) As respected this country, he was dead in law.—(lmmoderate laughter.) Any allegation, that the resumption of the grant would be against pub lic faith, was absurd. The House then divided, when the numbers were— For the motion ... 62 Against it 97 Majority Mr. P. THOMSON moved that there be appointed a Select Committee upon the subject of the Management of the Private Bushiest in that House; which was agreed to, after a few words front Mr. HUME. PILOTAGE. The Ittcrir Hots. GENTLLMAN also obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the regulation of the Pilotage of the United Kingdom, having pre viously explained that the object of the Bill was to place the whole esta blishment, with the appointments, under the sole controul of the Trinity House. Captain PECHELL concurred in the proprietyof Government taking up the subject. Mr. HUME moved for a return of the names of the persons now form ing the Society, incorporated on the 7th Feb. 1662, by King Charles the Second, by the name of the Company for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England, and the parts adjacent in America, together with an account of the several lands, whether freehold, copyhold, or leasehold, and distinguishing the same. Also, the tithes now held and enjoyed by the said Company, stating the annual value of the lands, and in what parish or parishes of England, such lands are situated Also an ac. count of all other stocks, funds, or property, belonging to the said Com. pany, or held in trust for its use, or purposes; and a copy of the annual accounts, as made up for 1837 or 1836. Mr. GIBSON opposed the motion. Mr. HARVEY cordially supported the motion. The SOLICITOIt.GENER AL deprecated the practice of bringing before that House matters such as this—of a strictly private nature, and which m;ght be brought under the cognisance of the Courts of Law. He could not, therefore, give his assent to the motion. Mr. W A RBU R TON supported the motion. After a few words from Mr. HUME in reply, the House divided, when the numbers were— For the 'notion Against it Majority --29 OUTRAGES IN IRELAND. Mr. COLQUHOUN rose to move for a return of all outrages and assaults committed on the person, property, or place of worship of Pro testant ministers of all denominations in Ireland—also a return of all outrages and assaults committed on persons engaged in communicating religious instruction to the people of Ireland from June 1835, to the present time. It had been argued that the outrages which took place in Ireland were owing to the irritation created by the existence of tithes; but the cases which he should cite would show that they arose from an animosity directed against the Protestant ministers and Church, unconnected with the subject of tithes. The first case he should refeil to was that of a cur a t e i n t h e county of Leitrim, the Rev. Mr. /fart/ who had no connection with tithes, but had distinguished himself by his zeal for religion, and the instruction of the people by building a school-house, and other works of benevolence. rhere came a denun. elation against hint front a certain quarter, and in Nov. 1836 his school_ house having been previously set fire to, his own house was set on fire, and when escaping from the conflagration he was fired at, and nearly assasi. noted. The Rev. Mr. Benson, a curate in King's county, was fired at on the 18th of May, 1836, for no other reason than because he had estab. lished an evening service amongst his Roman Catholic neighbours, and it was only to the bad quality of the fire-arms employed that he owed his escase. He might quote numerous other cases of a similar kind if he were not unwilling to weary the House. Lord Mulgrave, in a publication sanctioned by him, had declared that, since lie had been ( Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, no clergyman had been murdered, and no murdcrous attacks had been made upon any. Now what would the House think when he assured it that, within one month after the Noble Lord's appointment, the Rev. Mr. Dawson, in the county of Limerick, was murdered in broad daylight ? What was the state of the dio cese of Cashel, and Enley, in the county of Tipperary, which had recently been declared by a Learned Judge to be in a state of perfect tranquillity ? In September, 1836, the Rev. Mr. Good was fired at, the Rev. Mr. Herbert was violently attacked, the Rev. ' Mr. Galway was fired at, the Rev. Mr. Barron was nearly murdered In his own yard, the Rev. Mr. Scott was three times attacked, and escaped by the timely information of a man who had a n insurance upon his life; the Rev. Mr. Bagnall, the Rector of Ballinternple, was also attacked ; so that in the short period of Lord Mulgrave's vigorous and beneficent administration six cases had oc. curred in that diocese of clergymen who had narrowly escaped with their lives. In 1834 a missionary, of the name of Nagle, went to the island of Achill, where he was received with kindness by the inhabi tants ; and the resident priest, O'Mara, not being found a fit instrument by those who had resolved upon his destruction, he was removed, and another priest (Connolly) substituted for him. Priest Connolly de.. flounced the missionary, but could not prevail upon the inhabitants tart turn their hands against him until the autumn of 1835, a period sig.+ nalised by the procession of Lord Mulgrave to the western parts of Ire land. At that period Dr. l'Cl'Hale, a Roman Catholic _Archbishop, visited the island of Achill, with twelve priests, and in their presence, sermons were delivered in which the people were enjoined to hold no communication with the missionaries, who were cursed of God and ilis Church, and ought to be abhorred—that, if they spoke to them in the fields, the people should knock them down with spades or stab them with pitchforks. In consequence of these dentin'. ciations the missionaries were afterwards brutally wounded and their children attacked, and it was with great difficulty they escaped. He might mention the case of the Rev. Mr. Storey, who, because he thought proper to enter into a contro versy with Priest Hughes, was attacked upon the highway. He could mention numerous cases of the ill treatment experienced by Roman Catholics who ventured to read or promulgate the Scriptures. They were called Scripture-readers. Over six counties of Ireland in the last year the altars rung with curses against those Scripture-readers. The form of one of those curses war " a hundred thousand curses against any man who shall take a Bible from a Protestant." Now he said, if by public denunciations the Roman Catholic priests of Ireland had power to place human life in jeopardy, the law of the country should interpose its protection if the Government did not. He could show that attempts were made by violent assaults to put down Protestant places of worship in Ireland. In September, MO ; in 'Puede a mob interrupted the Protestant service and oisliged the Minister to desist. In November, 1837, the same thing happened in Waterfotri and in Limerick; an independent minister was forcibly interrupted end obliged to discoritinue. In Ballyshennon, in 1637, a Wesleyen congregation vies twice assailed, and obliged to pro cure the assistance of the police, and plaee guards at the doors. In the chtlrehyerel of Cello's+, the Rev. Mr. Emerson, whert reeding the service for the dead, Wee Inteerupted, add an attempt made to throw him into the grave, from which he itele resetled by the police. The Dean of Cashel (Doctor Adams) was similarly atteclied in 1836, and prevented from continuing the service. No less than thirteen thousand pounds had been offered as rewards for the protection of life ; and hose much of that had been paid ? Three hundred and twenty pounds. That ie to say,that out of every forty.one flagrant offences (for there were thou sands which never reached the Castle), forty remained unpunished. He now begged to move for the returns of which he had given notice. The qu 2stion haying been Mit, Lord MORPETH, with respect to all the cases into which the Hon. Gentleman had entered, he was not sure that he could follow, but he would ficit Shrink from grappling With him with respect to the inferences which lie lied deduced from them, The Hon. Gentleman had entered into many details which coed not fail to excite any other feelings than those of deep ConCeril and miqualiffed disapprobation. There was scarcely a more bitter ingredient in the cup of human woe than that which religious rancour had cast into If, and he regretted to say that that evil was too long peculiar to Ireland he did not mean to argue that the conduct of one party should be an apology for that of the other, or be a warrant for retaliation; but sad experience in the history of Irish annals sufficient testifies! the desire of all sects in turn to trample one upon the other, and in turn to make reprisals.— (Hear, hear.) Were there not instances in the tumultuous proceed ings on the part of the Protestants of Ulster with respect to the un offending schools established under the national system of educa tion ? He would read to the house an extract from a Communication on the subject. Biel Leidship then read the communication in question. Another outrage of a similar naletre, though perhaps to some it might appear ludicrous, occurred in Armagh, Where a calf's head was placed upon the altar of the Roman Catholic Church. The Hon. Gentleman had quoted the proclamations in the Dublin Gazette, but he made no allusion to the case of Hughes, who was severely beaten in Artneelt fie. cause he would not consent to utter expressions which appeared to hint to be profane, and to the other cases which appeared in the Dublin Gazette, and which he should read to the House. They were as fol lows :—From the Dublin Gazette, March 31, 1837:—" On the 17th inst. a number of men (amongst whom was one John Shannon) sworn to belong to the Orange Lodge, No. 115, met at the house of J. Lind say, publican, of Tanderagee, in the county of Armagh, and severely beat a man named John Hughes, for refusing to utter profane party ex pressions ; and on the following night, in consequence of the said Hughes having lodged informations for the assault, a large party broke into the house where he was sleeping, and, pushing him on the fire, held him there until he was seriously burned." Another case was recorded, at which humanity must shudder :—" On the eve of St. Peter and Paul (June 28, 1837), at Mullyash Mountain, county of Monaghan, a number of children were amusing themselves round a bonfire which had been kindled in honour of the festival (a Catholic observance), when settle men from a higher position on the nioUntein fired a volley, killing two, and wounding two others, all children of an hottest and inoffensive Ca. tholic farmer. It is denied that the murderers were Protestants, be cause they have not been detected. Neither have the murdereelf of Mr. Witty or of Mr. Ferguson." There were other cases which were cal. culated to produce the same excitement. It was with extreme re luctance that he was compelled to bring forward these cases, but he found himself driven to it by the course which the Hon. Gentleman had pursued. He could truly say, non sponte sequor , —(Hear, hear, and laughter)—but when the cases were given all on one side, it became necessary to show what was the provocation which led to results, at which humanity must shudder. Why was not the fault which was common to all fairly attributable to all ? Why should the whole weight be thrown upon one party, political and religious ? The Hon. Gentleman had referred to the disproportion between the amount of the rewards offered, and the sums paid, for the detection of crimes ; but if the Hon. Gentleman had referred to past periods, he would have found that it never had been the practice to claim the reward. The ars gument deduced from such a fact might show the want of confidence of the people with respect to the administration of justice in Ireland, but it could not be urged as an argunient against the Administration of Lord Mulgrave. He, and those with whom he acted, would never be found hostile to the principles of the Protestant religion, nor would they ever consent to gag the dissemination of the Gospel. The Hon. Gentle man said that he would omit all arguments founded on outrages arising from tithes, because it was obvious that those were not the real sources of hostility—that the hostility was to Protestantism itself—to its clergy, its teachers, and propounders; and that that hostility, if not con nived at, was at least inadequately repressed by Government. Now, with respect to this accusation, all he (Lord Morpeth) could say was; that he was most ready to grant the returns, and the House would then be able to decide whether in any case where violence bad been used, the Government had not done all in its power to detect, to restrain, and to punish the offenders.—(Hear.) The Hon. Gentleman had alluded to a speech of Lord Mulgrave in another place, in which that Noble Lord had stated that no Protestant clergyman had been murdered during his government of Ireland, and mentioned the case of the Rev. Mr. Dawson. It was true that that case did occur, but it occurred during the first month of Lord Mulgrave's Viceroyalty. The proper way to judge of Lord Mulgrave's Government was by the comparative frequency and number of such occurrences. If this were made the test he would claim for the Government of Lord Mulgrave an advantageous comparison with that which had preceded it. During the three years of that Noble man's Government the life of a single clergyman had not been lost. The same could not be said for a similar period of any of those whom Lord Mulgrave was forsooth so unworthy to replace. Surely it was too bad to charge Lord Mulgrave's Government with deaths which had taken place in 1829.—(Hear.) With respect to the outrage alleged to have taken place in the Cathedral of Derry, it had already been discussed in Parliament, and the House appeared to be perfectly satisfied with the result. With respect to what had taken place in the Waterford Cathedral, Government had done all in its power to bring the parties to justice. At Achill it would not be denied that outrages had taken place which rendered it necessary to adopt measures for the preservation of the public peace ; but as one side of a statement hail already been given he would read to the House another. statement given by a highly respectable man, a chief constable of police,. given in answer to inquiries which Government thought it necessary to. make in consequence of the conflicting statements which had appeared. This officer was a Protestant, who because of his excellent conduct was' hold in high estimation. (His answer to the documents which had been forwarded to him was then read by the Noble Lord.) The Hon. Mem ber had referred to the case of Captain Duff, who was one of the most active and efficient officers that the Government possessed. He (Lord Morpeth) was ready to acknowledge that his interference with Mr. Delany was unjust, and the Government had accordingly ordered Isis release, and reprimanded the officer. In extenuation of the conduct of Captain Duff he must, however, say that his conduct appeared to have arisen from a desire of taking the best steps for the preservation of public peace. The Honorable Gentleman had quoted some instances of the violent language that was sometimes employed by the Catholic Clergy when speaking of Protestents. No one could reprobate the language more than he (Lord Morpeth), but he would ask on that score was the.offence all on one aide ? Was the violence of language confined to the Catholic Clergy ? On that point he must call up the name of Delany,. On one occasion when that gentleman had commenced preach ing, nothing but the' presence of the troops restrained the people from open violence, and the police were obliged to be drawn up on one side of the way to produce the desired effect ; and in order to show that in this state of popular excitement the Roman Catholics had some reason. able grounds for dissatisfaction, he would quote the words used by Mr. Delany on that occasion. The words alluded to were—" Now, as to the sacrament, mind, my hearers, the Scriptures tell you, not one bone of our Saviour is to be broken, though the priest give you 50 pieces ofbread, and tell you them by breaking 50 little Jesuses, and that they first mit into the chalice, and mix it with the wine, take a drink, and then have a belly. ful of little Christs." On this expression loud and general laughter took place, Mr. Delany being the first to lead in it, by sneeringly remarking, " He had not yet lost the knack of doing business," Now when such language was used by one whom he (Lord Morpeth) would not call a divine, upon so sacred a rite—when language that appeared to him to be the mast vulgar ribaldry, but to those in whose hearing it was uttered must have appeared the grossest impiety and a desecra tion of the most solemn rite of their Church, was used, could the Hon. Gentleman he surprised if a Christian minister so forgot the sacred cha racter he assumed, that a Catholic population should forget the respect due to the sacred edifice in which such impiety was uttered, and should remember only that God was greater than his temple ? Now when it was considered how diligently the Hon. Member had hunted for grievances —had suggested complaints—had written to the clergy to know on what terms they were with their Roman Catholic parishioners_ if they could trace any outrage to the influence of the priests—he must own that he less wondered that the Hon. Member had produced such a list of grievances than that he had not been able to make up a ;more imposing budget. In conclusion, lie would meet the Honourable Member on his own terms, and accede to his motion, in the hope that, though the inquiries of the Honourable Gentleman had hitherto been so unfortunate, he might yet be able to drop his hints to more credulous ears. In the result of the inquiry he had no doubt that it would be found that the Irish Government had done all that in them lay to the preservation of the public peace and of individual safety. Mr. LANGDALE begged to be set right by the Honourable Member if lie were mistaken, but he believed the Honourable Member had before this made representations against the Roman Catholics of Scotland, and in such terms as to incline the Protestants to come forward and deny the justice or application of the charge to their Catholic fellow subjects. He believed also that the Honourable Member had after wards acknowledged that he had misrepresented the Catholics of Glasgow. The Honourable Member had alluded to the interference of the Catholic Clergy in the elections, and had observed that such in terference was opposed to the practice of the English Bishops who had ro vetes—but he (Mr. Langdale) must observe, in reply, neither had the Peers, but lie could say from his own knowledge, that no where were more active partisans to be found than among the Protestant Clergy. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the Honour. able Gentleman opposite could not more earnestly desire to see the prin ciples of the Reforzration making ground in Ireland than himself, and if any class of persons threw obstacles in the way of its progress it was those who poisoned that Christian charity in which consisted the main feature of each religion, by adding political rancours to religious differ ences, and he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) must say, that most of the ill-feeling that now existed was owing to the mischief -making of meddling Scotchmen, who, seeing but a part, fancied them selves in possession of the whole—who had imported into the country their own views, and contributed more to awaken re. ligious animosities th a n any ot h er cause that could be named. He did not speak as one i nattentive to the question, for he hail anxiously watched both the opinions and actors to whose agency he attributed so much evil. The foundation of the Kildare-street Society was one step taken against religious tolera tion ; but the flame was not sufficiently excited for those who were not so anxious for the advancement of Christian charity as for the pro mulgation of their own particular views. What was then done ? A misl.ion, composed of Mr. Gordon and others, came, and, in the mag nitude of their power, thought that by calling together assemblies in the market places for the purpose of religious controversy they were making themselves Apostles, and that they would at once determine in their large assemblages those points on which some of the wisest and best of mankind had differed. Had it not been for these political and religious mountebanks, who defied the Priests to polemic a l debates, the Pro testant religion would now have stood on a different and a better basis. The Honourable Gentleman had created evidence against himself by the questions he had put to his Protestant correspondent, and he was sorry to hear those questions cheered by Honourable Gen tlemen opposite.—(Cheers from the Opposition Benches.) What would be the effect if a similar series of questions were asked of a Diss luting Minister by a Scotch seek er of grievances ?—(Laughter, and cries of " Oh, oh, oh f") If these questions had been so put to a clergyman of the Established Church, how would they have been dealt with by the Hon. Member? The Hon. Gentleman was in fact about to establish an inquisition. It was in Venice that accusations against individuals were cast into a lion's mouth ; now, the Honourable Gentleman was no lion, but in opening his mouth and cars to such information as that he had showed that there were other beings on earth who were equally susceptible.—(A laugh.) y e t , after all, the Honourable Gentleman's charges were Falst a ff' s halfpenny worth of bread, the truth, to the six gallons of sack, the falsehood. The flonourabte Gentleman judged like a partisan who saw only through one distorted medium. He judged on information, derived from a few weeks' personal experience of Ire land.—(Hear.) Mr. GOULBURN said that the speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman was the most singular one it had ever been his good fortune to hear in that House. He had begun it by inculcating Christian charity, and he had continued and ended it by casting every term of unchristian and un charitable reproach which his vocabulary could furnish upon his Hon. Friend. Nay, not content with that, lie had eigrnatized the country to which he belonged in the same spirit of headlong ze?'• Now he (M r . GoulPurp) did not think the Right Honourable Gentleman's practice squared with lii principles in indulging in those diatribes against hi° Honourable Friend. The Honourable Gentlemen seemed to doubt the r accuracy of the charges of his (Mr. Goulburn's) H on ourable Frien d ; did the Ri g ht Hon. Gentleman remember the speech of the No ble 1, id who had preced e d hi m ? That Noble Lord had full a d m i t t e d the OW ence of thes e ou t rages aga i nst Clergymen of the Church o f England cc the Ireland, and on l y attempted to defend them by pleading as a set-e -outrages outrages of the Pr o t es t an t s on the Catholics. 'T.be Right Honourabley Gentleman had ind u l ge d i n another tirade against the accu racy of n' s (Mr, Goulburn's) Honourable Friend's information respecting ire" land, because he had admitted that he only staved in that country a few weeks, and that h e w as , therefore, but a casual visitor. B u t with wh at grace the Right Ho n . G en tl eman ma k e suc h an o bjection, when Ito recollected that the great measure upon which he his colleagues grounded their hop es o f th e pac ifi cation of Ireland was f o unded upo n the report of an individual, Mr. Nicholls, a perfect s e: country, and who only ma d e au ent i re stay of about six weeks then far the purpos e o f o bt a i n i ng a ll t h e i nformation they deeme d ncee's3.llt — (Cheers.) He (Mr. Goulburn), therefore, repelled the charge again his Hon. Friend with i n di gnat i on. had The CHANCELLOR of th e EXCHEQUER i, o ex planation, not cast any imp u t a ti on on Scotland, neither had he denied the eod tence of outrages i n I re l an d , b ut, on the contrary, had adm itted an condemned them, • such Mr. WysE d e p reca t e d t h e promotion of religious d i scuss ions ln a country as Irel an d , Th ey on l y led to animosity and bad f eeling v' tween all parti e s. a Mr. COLQI-11-101UN having shortly r e pli e d, th e re turns were B.rced to, and ordered a cc or di ng l y. „, The Orders of the Day were th en di sposed of, an d the 1-I°--e sd• j mimed at half-past twelve o ' c l oc k . tranger to tee PARLIAMENTARY DI VISIO MINORITY—AYES, 62. Abercromby, G. R. -Stirlingshire !Hutton, Bobert--Dublin . n e et Archbald, Robert-Kild are I Leader, J. Temple-WestMlrto Ikamish, F. IL-Cork Lushington, Charlcs-As hbu • Bewes, T -Plymouth WLeod, IL-Inverness Blake, W. J.-Newport M'Taggart, John -Wigto n Blewitt, Reginald-Monmouth Morris, D.-Carmarthen or Brotherton, J.-Salford Muskett, George A.-St. Alba Bryan, Maj. Geo.-Kilkenny Co. Pattison, James--London Busfield, W.-Bradford Protheroe, Edward-Hali fax Chalmers, Fatrlek-Inverbervie Pryme, George-Cambri d g e Clay, W.-Tower Hamlet! Rice, Edward Royd-Dove r Collier. John-Plymouth Roche, E. 8.-Cork Co. Conine / W.-Warwick Rundl e , John-Tavistock Craig, W. 0,-Edinhurghshire Salwey, Lieut.-Col.-Lud l° ' Denison, W. J,..."-west Sussex Scholefield, J.-Birmingh am -. ola Denistoun, J.-GloBow Stansfield, W. It C.-Ru dder ! Duckworth, Samuel--. Leicester Staunton, Sir George Thant , Mho, Sir James-Boston Stewart, James-floniton Dundas, Hon. J. C.-York Strutt, Edward -Derby _..„4, Eliot, Hon. J. E.-Roxburghshire Style, Sir C'harles-Scarbor eu.' Fielden, John-Oldham T an cr c d, H. W-- 13 2", burl ia ni Finch, F.-Walsall Thornely, Thoacierert Hilton, Wm. D.-Linlithgow Turner, Edmund-I'o r° Grattan, Henry-Meath Visors, N. A.-Carlene' Co- Hall, Benjamin- Marylebone Wakley, Thomas- Fintlatal . Handley, Henry-Lincolnshire Ward, H. G.-Sheffield t ..... Harvey, D. W.-Southwark Willi ams , William-Coven El Hawes, Benjamin-Lambeth Wood, Sir Matthew-a,-n 1,, doll 4l Hawkins, J. H.-Newport, I. Wight Yates, J. Ashton • -Carlow - Hodges, T L.-West Kent Holland, Robert-Hastings Horsman, Edward-Cockermouth Humphery, John-Southwark TELLERS. Hume, Joseph—KilkennY Warburton, H.—Bticiport MAJORITY Aclaro, T. D.—West Somerset Adam, lizar•AdM. Sir U.—Clack mannan Baillie, H. D.—Honitoti Baines, Edward—Leeds Barnard, E. G.—Greenwich Bernal, Ralph—Rochester Blackstone, W. S.—Walhogford Bradshaw, James—Canter[Airy Broadwood, Henry—Bridgewater Burroughes, H. N.—East Norfolk Campbell, Sir John—Edinburgh Campbell, W. F.—Argyleshire Carnac, Sir James R —Sandwich Chute, W. L. W.—West Norfolk Clive, R. H. _ South Shropshire Compton, H. Combe—Hampshire ,Corry, Hon. H. L.—Tyrone Co. Cresswell, Cresswell—Liverpool I 'arby, George—East Sussex Darlington, Earl of—Shropshire D'lsraeli, 11.—Maidstone Dunbar, George—Belfast Duncorabe, Hon. W.—Yorkshire Fastnor, Viscount—Reigate Ellis, John—Newry Vector, James Minet—Maidstone Fllmer, Sir E.—West Kent Fleming, John—Hampshire Fox, G. Lane—Beverley Fremantle, Sir Thomas—Bucks Freshfield, J. W.—Penrvn Gibson, Thomas—lpswich Gladstone, W.E.—Newark-on-Trent Godson, R.—Kidderminster Goulburn, Right Hon. 11.—Cam bridge University Graham, Sir James—Pembroke Granby, Marquis of—Stamford Hepburn, Sir 'l'. B.—Haddingtonsh. Herrie4, Right Hon. J. C.—Harwich Holmes, W.—Berwick-onTwecd Hope, G. W.—Weymouth Hughes, W. B.—Carnarvon Ingham, R. -South Shields Irving, John—Antrim Co. Jenkins, Richaral—Shrewsbury Kelly, Fitzroy—lpswich. Kirk, Peter—Carrickfergus Knight, H. G.—Nottinghamshire et Knightley, Sir C.—Northamptonsig Labouchere, Right Hon. Henry' Taunton — NOES, 97. ILincoln, Earl of—South Notts Lockhart, L A . M.—Lanaritshire h , Maule, Hon. Fox—Elgin B ur foir , Maun sell, T. P. —NortharnPr ° _der , Miller, NVm. H.—Newcas tle-tio I Lyme Milues, IL M.—Pontefr3ct ca ~shirit Mordaunt, Sir John—Warvn Nichol% J —Cardiff Kildare O'Ferrall, Richard M.---- Parker John—Sheffield IP:Irnell, Sir H.—Dundee ~., ortb Peel, Right Hon. Sir R. —.'a ain Perceval, Colonel —Sligo Ca. . Perceval, 6 . J.—West Surrey Planta, Joseph—.Hastingbiro , Pringle, Alexandcr.,Selkiri. Reid, Sir J. Rae—Dov . ."r„ a pogidle Rice, Right Hon. T. S.- 4 -. Rickford, W.—Aylesbury RRolfe, Sir R. —Penrhn ~, Rolleston, Col.— M. South Noytting.' Round, John—Maldon su ffoffr Rushbrooke, Colonel—W est Russell, Lord John—Stroud Sandon Lord—Liverpool ;„1, Scarlett, Hon. Robert—N orvi..~ Seymour, Lord—Totneis Sibthorp, Colonel—Lincoln _,,,,bi Somerset, Lord G.—Mranneu`ire Stanley, Lord—North La ncay. Stewart, John—Lyming ton Stuart, Henry—Bedford 4. Stuart Lo hers—Waterford . Stuart, , Vilers—Wayterfora .-, , Sugden, Sir E. —Ripen Se x Surrey, Earl of—West Sua l... J o Trevor, Hon. G. R. -- Thomson, Right .110". G. cheater Troubridge, Sir T. *"--th F.sses Tyrrell, Sir J. T.--NOT ~_, ii , Vcre, Sir C. B.—East 511111',„. Verner, William—Armagn '''' Vivian John Ennis—Tru r° , ix Wodehouse, Edmund—Norio Wood, Charles—Halifax Wood, Thomas—Middlesex _., Wyndham, Wadhara—Salis btill Caesarinndavirtiheehnsh TELLERS. Daimon y, Lord—Stirling Steuart, Robert—Haddington SURREY THEATRE. The lessee of this house has done very wisely in preferring to rcli g ra g what was some years ago one of the greatest favourites of the town , t i producing such rubbish as has lately been thrust forward at sel l , other places under the title of something perfectly new. lie 11 " , t week put upon the stage, with all the appliances of good scenerY, god dresses, good properties, and, what is still more important, of g a p actors, the very popular drama of The Rake's Progress, by Mr. I• c 0 ( Rede. This piece is in some respects a representation, on the stag iv 'elo the incidents in the life of a thoughtless and dissipated Yonn!g tw o , which Hogarth has so admirably depicted in his matchless Pat n ' t ; eg ri A good deal of the incidental portion of the representation h a ' f t he modernized, but it has been done with judgment; t h e moral ° *DI Ditere'` ot painter has been adhered to by the dramatist, and a most drama has been made out of the old materials, and adapted to Pre'rin notions and present times. The author of this cilia' part in his own play—Tom Rakewell. 'lt was a very and ft he undertaking, because a great diversity of situations arise in ‘ vhic o ric is placed, and a great variation of characters and feelings in the ever , individual is to be represented by the same person. Mr. Rede, h ° l,ec , got through the difficult task he had imposed upon himself °.„ g cessfully. In that part of the play in which he describes the rg t he steeplechase, he was quite as much at home in the description a: t he celebrated Captain Beecher would be in describing a real even t i vag same sort. In the mad scene at the conclusion of the piece ..,-egtM equally good, and though there is something horrible in the rel l : i e.. . - t ise• tion of madness, it was so managed that nothing of disgust c0n1",. - en ce. At the falling of the curtain he was loudly called for by the an d ' els hut had the good sense to remain behind the scenes. The rest e l p, piece played theroo characters were well supported. Mr. Manders, who played San , S. a of , to sharper, blackguard, coward, and heartless knave, is a new a dditi os to the company of this theatre. In characters of thi s sort he APP .p , ha t be almost without a rival ; a better represe n t a ti on o f a vulgar vii l3l not been lately seen. - - PATENT LEVER WA TC • 0 With silver double-bottom cases With silver hunting cases whi ch ° This celebrated constru c ti on (th e most accura t e in „awl watch can be ma d e ) i s o ff ere d , w i t h t h e latest imlo° i. e. tho detached esca p emen t, j ewe ll e d i n f our heles, -00Ver hand to mark the seconds, hard enamel dial, and maintaining r to continue going while winding up, at the above price, by T. COX SAVORY'S, Working Silver and Goldsmith, 47, Cornbill, London) (Seven doors from Gracechurch-street.) N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in exchanges BIRTHS. . h o my' On the 19th ult., M rs . W in . D unn, o f S h i rley, near Sou. ton, of a daughter. of ° On the 27th ult., at Camberwell, Mrs. Wm. James Lees' daughter. 1 dY On the 30th ult., at Park Vill age , R egent ' s-par k, the -a -of E. Pauli, Esq., of a son. olv f At Dinder, ne a r W e ll s , S omerset, on t h e 26th u l t., the la" the Rev. J. Armstrong, of a daughter. l ' i • 0 ' On the 29th ult., the lady of W. Peere Williams kre el Esq., of a son. 4 ' On the 28th ult., a t H ac k ney , th e w if e o f M r. J o h n S-kl'lbe of a daughter. peP l On the 29th u lt., a t Ch eyn i es, t h e l a d y of E . S . K n iPe' of a son. _./ ff On tke 30th ult., at Marylebo ne MARRIED Church, James R. fl o nig o of York-terrace, Regent's -park, Esq., to Mary, daughter - f late F. Ri c h ar d son , E sq., o f B ex l ey, Kent. he ns, ° f On the 28th ult., a t H or t on , B uc k s, M r. W . Y . SteP rarf onf; Alfred-vlace, Bedf or d- square , t o A nn, re li ct of the late J. E,q , Cook, Esq., of Notting-hill -square, daughter of J. Wilkinse°' of Cambridgc-street, Hyde-park. , of t h i e On the 26th ult., at F e lth am Ch urc h , Arthur, semi. s iiarric t -; late F. M ann e rs , E sq ., o f K empton P ark, Middlesex, to • - in t°' eldest daught er o f G eo . Th ac k ra h , E sq., of Feltharn-pla ce ' s tme county. DIED. thr ° On the 27th ult., a t Henbury Court, Gloucestershire, after. el° days' illness, aged 70, Thomas Stock, Esq., a Magistrate fe' an county, and Alderm of the c of Bristol. At Rochester, on the '2Bth it u y lt., Elizabeth, eldest daughter of E. Twopenny, Esq., aged 12. On the 28th ult., in Milbank .street, aged 86, Al a rgaret, Wife J. Tappenden, Esq. On the 7th alt., at Rome, Charles Andrew Scott, Esq. On the 2fith ult., at St. John's Wood, Harriet, wife of DS J. Brooks, of Duke-street, Manchester- r ar a -red 25. On the 13th of March, at - New Orlean s s iu M ( r. , Ctn.- Godwin It°c" ring, eldest son of Mr. J. G. Bowrig, oeLond. On the 28th ult., at Bruce - grove, - Tottenham, on Mrs. Mary Ser geant, aged 95. r of On the 28th ult., in Brompton•square, Kate, third daughte J. E. Phillips, Esq., aged 22 month's. • On the 27th ult., in Judd -street, Mrs. Amelia Glentoa, u f the Island of Trinidad. 0 ~0 0 .1 On the 25th ult., at Fluglienden Vicarage, Bucks. a ged - and 4 months, Aubrey, eldest son of the Rev. J. R. Pigott. dale! , On the 19th u lt., age d 24 , D enn i s Ald erson , E s q., of 1%/a gi n cl;• College, Ca m b r id ge , e ld est son o f C . Ald erson , E sq ., of Macs near On Carnarvon. the 25th ult., the Rev. Wm. Hardwickc, Rector of Outwe ll ' Cambridgeshire. On the 25th ult., aged 58, the Rev. Geo. Berry Godbold, Re ctor of Greatham, near Petersfield, Hants. Wra• On the 27th ult., aged 19, Mary Jane, eldest daughter of Graham, Esq., of Abi M arngdon. On ra t v h e e_ st B e t e h t ult., garet, wife of Mr. J. M'Clary, of Lower Beig On the 28th ult., in Eaton-square, John Gover, Esq. , formerly of Macao. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of 112, Strand, at The Su, Office, No. 11 4 , Strand, in the cow)! !Middlesex.—Wednesday, Play 2, 1838. ---- KING OF HANOVER'S ANNUITY. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Comnong" TUESDAY, MAY I. T , to Motion made, and Q ues ti on put,—" That leave be gl y.e „,, -- 0 /., bring in a Bill to sus pend the payment of the annuity of 6,L- 39, granted by the Act 46 G eo . ILL , c. 145, and 47 Geo. 111 , ° ;c. and of the annuity of 15,0001. gran t e d b y t h e A c t 18 Gco. „ 31, and transferred by th e A c t 1 G eo . IV., e . 108, to his L ' ° ", i 2t if flightless the Duke of Cu m b er l an d, now Ki ng o f H a nover, so 1 °„ " as his Royal Highness shall co n ti nue t o b e Ki ng of Hanover The House diviCletl